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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joao Gilberto

June 10, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Joao Gilberto's birthday today! Born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira on June 10, 1931, in the town of Juázeiro in the northeastern state of Bahia, Brazil. His father was a wealthy merchant who insisted that all of his seven children receive an education. Gilberto defied his father\'s wishes however, ...

News: Interview

Interview: Carlos Lyra

May 18, 2015

Just before the British Invasion turned American teens into screaming consumers, a new style of romantic music with a jazzy Latin feel captured the hearts of young adults in the States. Known as the bossa nova, the music was a cooler cousin of Cuba's cha-cha-cha and a sophisticated folk form that was highly melodic and notably ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Bossa Nova

by AAJ Staff
April 15, 2015

In 1959, an unassuming guitarist/vocalist named João Gilberto from the Brazilian state of Bahia started a quiet revolution with his recordings “Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)" and “Desafinado (Off Key)" on the Odeon label. They featured arrangements by a young native of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Carlos Jobim. Gilberto's whisper-toned, Afro-Indian-influenced Portuguese vocals complemented his ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 Cd nel CD Player di... Phil Markowitz

by Vincenzo Roggero
January 15, 2015

01. Count Basie/Duke Ellington -The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia -1961). Incontro ai massimi livelli. Sicuramente la sfida ha tirato fuori il meglio da tutti i grandi solisti, che suonano con grande personalità e swing, con Basie e Duke insieme a sciorinare ritornelli blues. Tutto quello che c'è da sapere su come si suona il ...

Album

Couleur Cafe "Brazil" Meets João Gilberto

By Joao Gilberto

Label: LD&K
Released: 2014
Track listing: Este Seu Olhar; Desafinado; Samba Da Minha Terra; Samba De Uma Nota So; Bim Bom; Saudade Fez Um Samba; Chega De Saudade; Se é Tarde Me Perdoa; O Nosso Amor; A Felicidade; É Luxo Só; Trevo De Quatro Folhas; Trenzinho (Trem De Ferro); Manhã de Carnaval; Quando Ela Sai; O Barquinho; Brigas Nunca Mais; O Pato; Doralice; Um Abraço No Bonfá; Bolinha De Papel; Amar E Bom; Vocé E Eu; Outra Vez; Lobo Bobo; Quando Você Recordar; Aos Pés Da Cruz; Rosa Morena; Hô Bá Lá Lá Lá; Meditação; Sem Ela; Anjo Cruel; Insensatez; Corcovado; Só Em Teus Braços;

News: Performance / Tour

Ho-Ho-Ho Jazz

December 22, 2014

Guitarist Nate Najar brought his jazz holiday show to Sarasota on Saturday evening with special guest Harry Allen. The South County Jazz Club event at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center blended jazz treatments of holiday material with some jazz classics. The event marked the club's first opportunity to hear trumpeter James Suggs, an upstate New York ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Girl From Ipanema, Concert, Single Release, Crowd Singalong Video!

October 28, 2014

Minas' brand new version of “The Girl From Ipanema”, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the song in the US, will be released and celebrated with a concert by the Brazilian jazz quintet Minas on Saturday November 8 at World Cafe Live, in Philadelphia. “Ipanema” is the first single from Minas’ upcoming CD Symphony in Bossa, recorded ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Gilberto Gil: Gilbertos Samba / Sergio Mendes: Magic

by Maurizio Zerbo
October 21, 2014

Gilberto Gil Gilbertos Samba Valutazione: * * * * Sony Music (2014) Nell'incontro con partner sensibili di generazioni differenti, l'ex ministro brasiliano della cultura sfodera una classe cristallina non sempre valorizzata nelle incisioni discografiche. In primo piano, la rilettura con voce e chitarra di alcuni standard della bossa nova. Superbo ...

Article: Album Review

Stella Bass: Too Darn Hot

Read "Too Darn Hot" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
October 20, 2014

Singer Stella Bass is a stalwart of Dublin's live music scene, leading small jazz ensembles and collaborating with the HotHouse Big Band and the Dublin City Jazz Orchestra. Bass's debut jazz recording follows Smoke and Sound (Self Produced 2010), her cabaret tribute to Kurt Weil, Bertold Brech, Marlene Dietrich et al. In the main, Too Darn ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Karen Lane

by AAJ Staff
September 27, 2014

Meet Karen Lane: Originally from Perth then Sydney and Singapore and has been resident in London for the last 14 years. She has released five albums to rave reviews and played London's most prestigious jazz clubs including Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho and Ronnie Scotts with musicians including Jamie Cullum, Geoff Gascogne, Enzo Zirilli, Renato ...